Thomas Halbert Caught Stealing from Small Artist? Private DMs Get Exposed

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I don’t understand he is a “Beauty guru” don’t they make thousands of dollars? But he couldn’t pay her 100$? Like what is 100$ going to do to your bank account if you’re rich.

This is why I never trust people that goes OMG all the time.

I'm a fashion designer. No one cares about your personal issues. Business is business. Pay the money on time. If you can't manage money then don't make money. You don't deserve it. Thank you.

Jesus Christ! Do you tell your land lord “you should feel honored I’ve payed you for the couple months I’ve lived here, I’ll pay you the last month a year later, but be grateful I’ve already paid you for your apartment.” No!! STOP TREATING US ARTISTS LIKE GARBAGE!!!

Y'know I feel like if he didn't spend money putting ground up stones and flowers on his face he'd might not have to worry about money :/

this is gonna be heLLA late but my best friend is an artist and she just started to do commissions, i told her to set up her paypal because she was taking commissions FOR FREE and even though i should not have any business in how she runs her work i was worried she was going to be taken advantage of- like many artists and it’s super unfortunate. i hope ppl actually have some COMMON SENSE and pay artists FIRST, not AFTER.

ACK- THANKS FOR DA AWARENESS :DD

I’m not taking Thomas’s side but if this girl is gonna believe the I will pay later because I’m poor excuse she shouldn’t be running a business’s like that’s one of the most common ways people scam people everyone knows that

Lack of impulse control...that's his problem.

It's sad that artists are so used to people trying to scam them or get free art out of them that they even have to worry about this sort of thing. Like just missing one payment with your artist most likely causes them a mild anxiety attack. It's just sad man. Artists deserve better

What artists do is not hobby, sure, in some cases in can be, but in some cases, IT'S A JOB FOR THEM!

he looks like a fish

I know spill was tempted to say what they said in the intro

Her-artist can automatically get copyright when Me- I'm going to get my cousin and make a scribbled masterpiece

i don’t even have to finish the video to gather this - if you “don’t have the money” DONT ASK FOR THE JOB. if you aren’t at least able to pay up front if she asked, literally don’t ask for the job. basic human decency. whether she blew it out of proportion or left things out, if he wanted that job he shouldn’t have waited a year to pay. if i were her i would’ve sued him for more

everytime someone asks him a question even remotely related to something he IS guilty of he gets super pissy and fed up out of nowhere and starts a low key twitter tantrum. just pay your artists people, dont try and offer "exposure", ask what the price is for what you want done and if you cant afford what they ask for you either save for it or try and find an artist who charges rates that are aligned with your budget. real simple, i dont get why people still try and stiff artists out of money cause "they should appreciate the EXPOSUREEEeeee"

he looks so different in the live what-

Not to mention the cat scandal he pulled TWICE

Artist work for money its how they get a LIVING TO SURVIVE so if you ever scam them they wont have their money and you think thats okay!? PAY THEM AND FRICK OFF

Wait, I’m really confused because the livestream video looks absolutely nothing like the person you’ve been showing pics of ??¿ lol wut

The person working for the agency as the voice has such a relaxing voice

Guys is this the same guy with the cat ? That took money from his followers

He's plastic he'll insult you behind your back but act nice in front of you

youre not poor if you can afford so much makeup..

*1:49*

ok but why have I never heard of him

off topic but who told him he could do makeup

Why she just now saying sumn tho

Something like this happened to me too. I took hours to make art, and then the dude said “i don’t have the money rn” so i waited 3 days and then he said “i don’t really like it” bro i was so mad.

This whole situation is just...yikes...

Thomas sucks

Luka has evidence and screen shots while Thomas just has like one or two?

I've only had 3 commissions one 2 years ago for a 20p dragon design, which I refused to do at first because I design cats, anthros, ferals and humans, bear in mind I was only 13 and I was naive. He refused to accept that I didn't draw dragons and would harass me every single day, then once I gave in and finished a dragon piece for him that I had to reference hard, he refused to pay, so I refused to give him the art, he only saw sketches and the colour pallet. I told him my rates were extremely cheap because I wasn't having issues with money and I was young and didn't think my art was worth much. Luckily this year I made a great friend who's an author and she commissions me for character designs and often pays me extra since my prices are so low and she's one of my closest friends

Wow, what a difference from pictures to irl...... yikes.

I’ve only heard problems from this kid smh

Friends sooo no bestfriends

Can’t she sue ?

As a writer who has worked with artists - both collaboratively and through comissions - this guy is actually making me sick.

Every time Luka msgs Thomas she says stuff about him not paying her BUT then on twitter she says that she does not care about the money!?? Why msg Thomas saying "oh my money My MONEY" to then say "nah I don't want da money tee hee"

if this was me i would make them pay upfront atleast 25-50 dollars and as i progressed with their commissions i would ask 5 dollars a day that i do projects for them. tell me if this seems fair or not

if he knew he wouldn't have the money then why tf he ask for art and have a whole discussion about what he want

Why he do be lookin' like a whole clown on that live tho?

please tell me im not the only one who has never heard of this guy before

The only people who support him probably aren’t artists themselves. They don’t understand how much we put into our work and we deserve to be paid when we’re commissioned

he’s such a hypocrite sheesh

If 10% was agreed on and he claims that she should only get $6 that would mean he made $60 off the merch. No wonder he can’t pay bills. 🤣

Needing money to pay Bill's, while acting like an artists payment isnt a bill 😒

If he only owed her $20 then there was absolutely no reason for him not to afford $20...

Luka totally have evidence but thomas is just denied it! Artist work so hard, yet he didn't pay her! And he said that, he don't have money then, he shouldn't ask for merch! Thats taking advantage!

He said he needed to pay his bills so he couldn’t pay her? I’m sorry but once you make business with someone that becomes your bill as well. I’m a hairstylist and if someone wouldn’t pay me because they need to take card of their bills? So am I just not suppose to care about mine because you don’t want to pay me? IF YOU DO BUSINESS WITH ANYONE , THEY ARE PART OF YOUR BILLS!

Wait so he was only going to pay her 150?? She should get way more then that

*On my behalf*

who

Me when spill posts a video: 🙇🏻‍♀️ here comes the tea sis ☕️

A tip for all artists ! When someone commissions me I do a sketch show it to them if they like it then THERE they pay me and I Finnish and give it to them, if they don’t I can make another or if they want to call it off I tell them now is the time to do it. Don’t make people give u the money after u made the art because what’s stopping them from just taking it?

Idk should i believe you cus theres other youtubers who said we shouldn't believe you

If you don’t have money then don’t commission someone!

As a young artist I feel hella attacked from what he did 😑

p...p...poor? hA, THAT'S A FUNNY JOKE

Don’t play the victim card or draw 25 Thomas: *draws 25*

I vomited when I saw his nose

Thomas is so messed up he could’ve paid her little by little until she was fully paid !

why even commission her when u have "no money"

You pay an artist more, or tip them greatly because you believe they deserve it. Not to pay them for future works made for you.

This still doesn't change the fact that artists are treated like trash, people think art is a distraction but no it takes hours to make a piece just to get paid $15. Please respect the art community I'm sick of getting paid 10-20 dollars for something I put my sweat and tears into.

You can afford a lawyer but you can’t pay your artist?

why did he even hire her for the merch project if he didn’t have the money tho?

How is he “poor” all the time he’s a popular influencer that gets paid everyday and how is he always “in a bad situation rn” like tf ur only sorry because u got called out

If u don’t have the money- don’t ask for art- and be straight up.

Never send a final product, at least watermark it so it cant be used. Or pay up front before putting I the hours. When someone has a history of this even if they're friends it's good to take precautions :((

As a fellow artist you should NEVER let anyone delay payment.

I’m sorry, but why does this guy have a platform again?

He actually owes her wayyy more than 1000 dollars for all the art not 150 not 25 and definitely not 5

He looks like the Walmart version of James Charles

who even is this...

Luka that a srtis hows in a cartoon ladybug

why send her more money then she was supposed to be paid if ure borrowing money.. He's gonna have to pay $250 back to his bf mother. Just pay her the same amount she needed so you won't go broke.

So the grey hoodie is really an apology thing..

Just because he tipped her double the amount last order doesn’t mean it should count for his new order

Just because he tipped her double the amount last order doesn’t mean it should count for his new order

If he didn't have the money to pay Luka when he can buy all that make-up? Hm?

I have a friend like "Thomas" that friend was a guy, he told first day in school that he really need 2 dollars or 100 pesos (php) I gave him the money and go on w my day. The next day I told him I really need the money since I'm still young and I'm broke. Few months have passed, I always remind him from w the money. He never really told me anything after that. Well a few years have passed I really don't need the money at all. I could see him struggling with his life. But I can't care less. He is a very nice person but he doesn't care about things. Like that, he also apologize to me and I accepted it. But I can never give him my money ever again.

It’s his fault (Thomas). But Luka’s art sucks. And she’s overrating her art🙄

OK IF HE DOESNT EVEN HAVE MONEY AND EHS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THEN WHY WOULD HE HIRE AN ARTIST FOR MERCH

Is he saying that he'll double the original amount of money? And the original amount of money was $150? Bro, that's $300, not $250..

Was it him that used mental illness?

“I’m sorry, yes it took till now” boi the only reason ur finally responding is cuz it got took to the public :/

Take him to court 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Idek these people 🤣

Tbh if u cant afford things right now please don't drag others in ur financial problems by working with them and delayed payment then try to make them feel guilty for asking what they earned

He only paid her/him bc he wanted his reputation back-

Imagine attempting to scam someone and then acting like your the victim

OVERFLOOOOWING WITH TEA TODAY

Also if you DON’T have the money, DON’T commission somebody. Also paying an artist IS a bill.

i’m sorry but who is he

Whey didn’t they do this? Figure out how to pay her weekly! Like $5 per week until she got all her money.

yikess

I never thought thomas was this big lol but he went to the same high school my older sister went to and he was always picked on and she would be nice and try to talk to him but a soon as he got famous he ignore all the people who were there for him.

Going through something isn’t an excuse not to pay someone you asked to do work for you. He’s trash and you can’t convince me otherwise